Improvement in washing-machines



To all whom, it 'may concern:

. f tanins sans @wat dimite.

ABRAHAMMUTERSBAGH, or nnwINsVILLE, VIRGINIA.

` V` y Letters Patent No. 107,707, dated September 27, 1870.

riMPRovEwnslmi IN wAsHllxllsi-xvlAcHlNEsl The Schedulereferrer to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known thatLABnAHAM MUTERSBAUGH, of Lewinsville, inet-he county ot'Fairfax and State-of Virgiuia,lhave invented a new and useful lashing-Machine; and l do hereby declare that thef'ollowing is afnll, clear, andexact'description1 thereof, suilicient to enable those skilled in theart to which my iuventiou appertains to make `and use the saule,reference'being had to-theaccompanying drawing m'akl ing part ot' thisspecification, in which-- Figure 1 isa planer top view of myimprovement, with the lid removed. p x

Ifigurc 2 is a transverse vertical section, taken in Fi'giire Bisanenlargedyiew of' a device hereinafter more particularlyreferred to.V p

The nature of my inyention consists in construct# ing the beater ofpeeuliarform, with longitudinal openings therein also, in so arrangingit that it can be easily removed and replaced; also, in providing anadjustable wash-board for (so-operation with the beater. The tnbA isoblong in form, and rests upon legs oi suitable height.

Projecting upwardfrom theends, ou the rear side,

are two standards, B B, `iii which are journaled the ends of a` shaft,C,\t`0 which are vattached the arms p which holdthe beater, andthe armsby which it is op` erated.

. .lliclstalldzild B islprovided with a removable follower, D, which isheld inplacc `by a pin, d.

The beaterl) is `-made in one piece, it' desired, or it ma f be made ofseveral Jieees fastened together at the ends. It is concave-convex inform, with longitudinal slots extending for nearly its entire length.

llhe beater isplaced with its concave side toward without injury.

,the rear of the tub, and its ends are attached to arms F, the upperends of -which are secured to the shaft C, so as tomov'e with it. y

The shaft G is provided with'a handle, G, consisting of two armsconnected by a bar, by means ot' which the beater is operated.

In the rear of the tub is a wash-board, H, having its ends journaled inthe ends of the tub7 so as to bring its lower edge near the lower rearcorner of' the` tub, and having a curvedY notched bar, h, pivoted to'its upper edge, and passing through a slot 1n the rear` side of the tub,by which means it is adjusted to any suitableangle.

.'[n operating this machine the lower edge'of the `beater carries theclothes toward the rearof the tub, pressing and squeezing them againstthe wash-board,

and turning them over, so that at every oscillation the beater engageswith different portions of the clothing, and successively comes incontact with all portions, rubbing them suflciently hard to cleanse themiVhen the machine is not in use, the follower D is removed, and thebeater taken out and dried, and put out otjthe way.

What 'I claim as new, ters Patent, is

1. The adjustable wash-board ll, arran ged as shown and described. i

` 2. The concavocouvexl beater E, formed with lonand desire'to securebyLetgitudinal slots, in combination with the adjustable wash-board H, asshown and described.

ABRAHAM M UTERSBAUGH. Witnesses:

E. It. BROWN,V G. C. THEAKER.

